Ariz. Admin. Code § 4-20-111

Current through Register Vol. 30, No. 50, December 13, 2024

Section R4-20-111 - Time-frames for License Approvals

A. The overall time-frame described in A.R.S. § 41-1072(2) for each type of approval granted by the Board is set forth in Table 1. The applicant and the Executive Director of the Board may agree in writing to extend the substantive review and overall time-frame. The substantive review time-frame may not be extended by more than 25% of the overall time-frame.

B. The administrative completeness review time-frame described in A.R.S. § 41-1072(1) for each type of approval granted by the Board is set forth in Table 1.

1. The administrative completeness review time-frame begins:

a. For approval to take a dispensing optician examination or for an optical establishment license, when the Board receives an application packet.

b. For approval or denial of a license by examination when the applicant takes the dispensing optician examination.

c. For a license by comity, when the Board receives an application packet.

2. If the application packet is incomplete, the Board shall send to the applicant a written notice specifying the missing document or incomplete information. The administrative completeness review time-frame and the overall time-frame are suspended from the postmark date of the notice until the date the Board receives a complete application packet from the applicant.

3. If an application packet is complete, the Board shall send a written notice of administrative completeness to the applicant.

4. If the Board grants a license or approval during the time provided to assess administrative completeness, the Board shall not issue a separate written notice of administrative completeness.

C. The substantive review time-frame described in A.R.S. § 41-1072(3) is set forth in Table 1 and begins on the postmark date of the notice of administrative completeness.

1. During the substantive review time-frame, the Board may make one comprehensive written request for additional information or documentation. The time-frame for the Board to complete the substantive review is suspended from the postmark date of the comprehensive written request for additional information or documentation until the Board receives the additional information or documentation.

2. The Board shall send a written notice approving the applicant to take an examination or granting a license to an applicant who meets the qualifications in A.R.S. §§ 32-1681 through 32-1684 and 32-1687.

3. The Board shall send a written notice of denial to an applicant who fails to meet the qualifications in A.R.S. §§ 32-1681 through 32-1684 and 32-1687.

D. The Board shall consider an application withdrawn if within 360 days from the application submission date the applicant fails to:

1. Supply the missing information under subsection (B)(2) or (C)(1); or

2. Take the dispensing optician examination.

E. An applicant who does not want an application withdrawn may request a denial in writing within 360 days from the application submission date.

F. If a time-frame's last day falls on a Saturday, Sunday, or an official state holiday, the next business day shall be considered the time-frame's last day.

Ariz. Admin. Code § R4-20-111

Adopted effective October 24, 1983 (Supp. 83-5). Former Section R4-20-112 amended and renumbered as Section R4-20-111 effective September 18, 1987 (Supp. 87-3). Amended effective September 13, 1989 (Supp. 89-3). Section R4-20-111 repealed, new Section adopted by final rulemaking at 5 A.A.R. 423, effective January 15, 1999 (Supp. 99-1). Amended by final rulemaking at 11 A.A.R. 3660, effective November 15, 2005 (Supp. 05-3).